Rainbow Bay Backpackers
Hostel
Location Excellent location — 9 attractions within walking distance
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About
Rainbow Bay Backpackers is a hostel to stay in Coolangatta. The hostel is close to Greenmount Beach and Rainbow Bay Beach, about 16.2 km from Varsity Lakes, about 0.2 km from Greenmount Beach. Within a short walk you'll find 20 places to eat and 4 supermarkets. The most comfortable time to visit Coolangatta is generally November to January.
Location
What's nearby
- Greenmount Beach0.2 km
- Rainbow Bay Beach0.3 km
- DBar House0.5 km
- Snapper Rocks Beach0.6 km
- Froggy Beach0.6 km
- Snapper Rocks0.6 km
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Within a short walk
🍽️ 20 places to eat🛒 4 supermarkets💊 3 pharmacies & clinics
Everyday amenities within about 1 km, from OpenStreetMap.
Getting there & essentials
- Nearest airport
- Gold Coast Airport (OOL) — 3.7 km → all hotels near OOL
- Nearest station
- Varsity Lakes — 16.2 km
- Nearest beach
- Greenmount Beach — 0.2 km
- Sea temperature
- Sea temperature about 20.8 °C in September (Open-Meteo Marine, measured 2026-09-01)
- Driving
- Drives on the left
- Currency
- AUD
- Power
- Type I plugs · 230 V · 50 Hz
- Tap water
- Generally safe to drink
Straight-line distances.
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